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y .To ALL WHOM 1T MAY coNoERN:

F. H. BRAKE, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.

Leners Pasen: No. 75,877, dated Matth' 24, isos.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-FASTENERS.

Bo it' known that I, H. DRAKE, of'Kenosha,` in the county of Kenosha, and State of Wisconsin, have inventednevv and useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to .the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents strap attached to th'e bag b y the-plate.

Figure 3 its section.

Figure 2, strap-attached `to the bag b'y rivet alone; and

Figure 4 its section. 4

The nature of my invention consists in the mode of securing'a stra-p, provided'n'ith a buckle, to the bag, by means ofa rivet, passing througha metallicl plate, to whichlsaid strap and buckle are secured, and the canvas of' thobag, or through the strap itself and the'canvas of the bag, as willbe hereinafter fully explained.;

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I Will proceed to describe its construction and operation. i

A'is a'metallic plate, to one end of which buckle B, andv to the other, loop C, are secured. D is a strap, made of leather or of any other suitable material, fastened v to the loop C, and provided with holes for the tongue of the buckle B.' is a rivet, passing throughl the plate A and the canvas of th'e bag, thus securing said plate, and the buckle and strap attached to it, to the bag. 'If the plate A is not used, and the strap D is put on to the buckle B, as outig. 2, then the rivet E is p ut through the strap D anrl'its end F, that passes over the buckle B, as also-through the 'canvas of the bag, thus securing said strap to the bag and to the buckle at thetsame time.

The cheapness and simplicity of the arrangement, withperfect security of the attachment of the strap and buckle to the bag, as also the adaptation of the l.device to practical purposes, constitute the advantages offthe above-described bag-fastener.

4What I. claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A bag-fasteuerconsistiug of the strap D and buckle B united, and secured lto theV bag by vmoans of the metal plate A, or its equivalent, substantially as described- F. H. DRAKE.

Witnesses:.

J.' V. QuARLEs, Jr., H. F. SGHOFF. 

